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<p>Chestnut Hill College, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph, is awaiting a mediation with the <a href="http://www.phrc.pa.gov/About-Us/Pages/About-PHRC.aspx" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission</a> (or PHRC) in a case of racial discrimination that has brought the school criticism for how it has handled the legal proceedings.</p>
<p>The college has said that it did not discriminate against the student who filed a complaint with the commission, but it also said that the state's human relations commission had no jurisdiction of Chestnut Hill because the school's religious nature made it distinctly private. It filed a lawsuit against the organization, Chestnut Hill claims, to "test the limited question of whether the jurisdiction of the PHRC applied to Catholic institutions of higher learning."</p>
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<p>"At all times throughout this process, the College has acted only to ensure that a full and fair hearing of all the facts would be presented, and the College acted only for that purpose," spokesperson Kathleen Spigelmyer said via email. "It remains our priority today."</p>
<p>After losing in state courts, Chestnut Hill College was faced with <a href="http://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/2017/05/17/chc-takes-case-to-state-supreme-court/" target="_blank">taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court</a>, an action it ultimately decided against "after much consideration, reflection and prayer," College president St. Joseph Sr. Carol Jean Vale said in an email to faculty last fall.</p>
<p>"Although we found strong legal precedent to support an appeal to the United States Supreme Court, it is our judgment, that a public hearing is best for all involved," Vale wrote. "Thank you for your continued interest in this matter and your patience as we sought clarification from the Courts concerning the proper jurisdiction for the case to be heard."</p>
<p>The decision by Vale not to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court placed the matter back in the commission's jurisdiction. According to Allan-Michael Meads, the student who filed the complaint, a mediation has been set for the end of June. A public hearing would come next if no settlement is reached.</p>
<p>Spigelmyer said she expects a hearing.</p>
<p>The saga began in 2012. Meads was a senior student with a few weeks before graduation, and he was directing the Lorraine Hansberry play "A Raisin in the Sun" for the Chestnut Hill College theater department. He had previously acted in campus productions and was assuming directorial duties for the first time. </p>
<p>Chestnut Hill College, which is run by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, claimed Meads stole revenue, believing the play had made a profit of $2,248. A few heated meetings ensued with administrators, and Meads was expelled. He would not be able to graduate.</p>
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<p>"The college has just confirmed a lot of what all of us have known. They have some serious issues around race and racism."</p>
<p><strong>-- Jenn Wilmot</strong></p>
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<p>Meads claimed the play made about $1,800 in revenue. All of the proceeds, he maintained in the commission's investigation, went to supplies ($500), a donation to the Lupus Foundation of America ($500) and a cast party at Applebee's ($800), the latter a common reward for students involved in plays and other extracurricular activities at the school.</p>
<p>In November 2012, Meads <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20151124_Chestnut_Hill_College_accused_of_racial_discrimination.html" target="_blank">filed a discrimination complaint</a> with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. The commission found Chestnut Hill College had meted out less severe punishments to white students for comparable allegations. A white student accused of stealing another student's car for a joyride, for instance, was asked to write a reflection paper.</p>
<p>Three years later, with the <a href="http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/04/catholic_college_cant_evade_pa.html" target="_blank">commission claiming Chestnut Hill College failed to respond</a> to subpoena requests and had prolonged the investigation, it charged the school with racial discrimination in a finding of probable cause. The next step would have been mediation or a public hearing, but Chestnut Hill College instead filed the lawsuit stating the commission had no jurisdiction because the school's religious nature made it distinctly private.</p>
<p>The college's case hinged on a previous ruling exempting a Pennsylvania Catholic high school from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's jurisdiction because of its First Amendment rights to religion. Appellate judges ruled against Chestnut Hill College last spring, saying all colleges and universities were "public accommodations," and Chestnut Hill College hadn't provided worthy evidence to the contrary. They explained Chestnut Hill College had a broader mission than Catholic high schools and elementary schools, serving as an institution of free-thinking and not requiring religious studies or attendance at religious services. The legal wrangling has left the Chestnut Hill College community divided.</p>
<p>The lawsuit was slammed by Philadelphia politicians, who in the fall of 2016 submitted a resolution in City Council condemning the school, and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney tweeted his support of the resolution.</p>
<p>With black and Hispanic students comprising about 40 percent of Chestnut Hill College's enrollment, the school's student body is more diverse than similar Catholic institutions and reflective of Philadelphia's diversity. But over one-third of its black and Hispanic students are part-timers, generally taking night classes and not as rooted in the campus community.</p>
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<p>"The college has just confirmed a lot of what all of us have known," said Jenn Wilmot, a co-founder of Chestnut Hill College's Alumni of Color Collective who graduated in 2006. "They have some serious issues around race and racism."</p>
<p>Meads, who works as the drama director of a local middle school, is seeking compensatory damages and for the expulsion to be off his record. He graduated from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania in 2013 but wants a master's degree. Every time he fills out an application, he has to explain the expulsion, which he thinks weakens his chances of being accepted.</p>
<p>"I'm still trapped, still chained up to this case," Meads said. "I don't want to have to keep talking about it."</p>
<p>[Mark Dent is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in Slate, VICE, FiveThirtyEight, The Dallas Morning News, The Kansas City Star and many other publications.]</p>
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Thu, 03 May 2018 08:00:00 +0000Stephanie Yeagle165671 at https://www.ncronline.orgTime to rehabilitate Teilhard de Chardin?https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/time-rehabilitate-teilhard-de-chardin
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<p>Naming Jesuit Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin a doctor of the church — or at least removing the "warning" from his writings — would give the Jesuit scientist and philosopher more legitimacy in the church, his supporters say. And two separate petitions to the Vatican aim to do just that.</p>
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<p>At a meeting of scientists and church leaders from around the world in November, members of the Pontifical Council for Culture unanimously approved a petition asking Pope Francis to waive the "<em>monitum</em>" against Teilhard de Chardin's writings that has been in effect since 1962.</p>
<p>Teilhard's work was only published after his death in 1955, because of disciplinary measures from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly the Holy Office) during his life. The popularity of his books <em>Human Phenomenon</em> and <em>The Divine Milieu</em> led to the <em>monitum</em>, or warning, in 1962 for "ambiguities and indeed even serious errors."</p>
<p>However, scholars from the Pontifical Council for Culture said this past fall that while some of his writings may be open to constructive criticism, his "seminal thoughts" and "prophetic vision" have been "inspiring theologians and scientists," America magazine reported.</p>
<p>They also noted that four popes — Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and now Francis — had made explicit references to his work, including a mention in a footnote in Francis' encyclical "<em>Laudato Si'</em>, on Care for Our Common Home."</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, a Sister of St. Joseph in Philadelphia has been gathering signatures — more than 1,200 so far — for a petition asking Teilhard to be named a doctor of the church.</p>
<p>"I think he deserves it," said Sr. Kathleen Duffy, professor of physics at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and director of its Institute for Religion and Science.</p>
<hr /><p>Editor's Note: Learn more about <a href="https://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/declare-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin-s-j-a-doctor-of-the-roman-catholic-church" target="_blank"><strong>the petition to make Teilhard a doctor of the church</strong></a>.</p>
<hr /><p>The designation "doctor of the church" honors individuals, usually theologians or scholars, whose teaching or thought has greatly benefited the church. The title has been bestowed on 36 people so far.</p>
<p>Duffy believes Teilhard's attempts to bring together theology and science have a particular relevance for the church and the world today and that his ideas about "evolutionary Christianity" can provide hope in what many see as a chaotic time.</p>
<p> "There is a scientific theory of chaos that says you can't have any new creation without disequilibrium," said Duffy. "But we can't just sit back and say, 'God will take care of it.' There has to be some motivation on our part."</p>
<p>Teilhard, who read the Christian Scriptures through the lens of the evolutionary story, took the process of how the universe came about ("cosmogenesis") and projected it into the future, where increasing complexity would call for increasing unity ("Christogenesis"), Duffy explained.</p>
<p>"He had the big picture and could see eons ahead where everything was converging," she said, adding that this convergence would require people to come together with an increased love of God and neighbor. "So even when we're discouraged, Teilhard de Chardin can give us hope in chaos."</p>
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<p>His ideas have been popularized by those who embrace the "universe story," such as writer Thomas Berry, and by those working to save the environment. Perhaps his most famous quote — found in more than a few memes — is from his 1936 essay, "The Evolution of Chastity" in <em>Toward the Future</em>:</p>
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<p>But too often, Duffy said, partial readings of Teilhard misinterpret his complex ideas, which were grounded in his mystical experiences and reflect the paschal mystery. "People see his zest for life, but you don't get there without going through suffering," she said. "And Teilhard suffered greatly, including from depression. On the other hand, he said he was always in the presence of God."</p>
<p>She explored his mysticism in her first book about Teilhard and is working on a second book about his ideas about suffering. She also is editor of Teilhard Studies, a monograph series produced by the American Teilhard Association.</p>
<p>Teilhard has been inspiring Duffy ever since a priest professor told the young nun that her questions sounded a lot like the French philosopher's. When she eventually read his writings, she was "blown away," she said.</p>
<p>"I was struggling with who God is, and after studying physics, I couldn't put it all together," she recalled. Teilhard de Chardin helped her to do that, but he can also "change your whole idea about who God is," she said.</p>
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<p>She is just one of many Catholic women religious who have been inspired by Teilhard, which has caused trouble in the past. Barbara Marx Hubbard, a non-Catholic supporter of "conscious evolution," spoke at the 2012 meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which was under Vatican discipline at the time. The talk drew a harsh rebuke from Cardinal Gerhard Müller, then prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.</p>
<p>Müller, who was replaced as head of the congregation in 2017, compared conscious evolution to Gnosticism, saying it "does not offer anything which will nourish religious life."</p>
<p>Despite oversimplified criticisms of Teilhard as "New Age," Duffy hopes the current pope — who, like Teilhard, is a Jesuit and a scientist — may help rehabilitate the philosopher's image.</p>
<p>Teilhard's message could be a balm to the apathy that has afflicted so many Americans, Duffy said. "We need to work together. Even in chaos, we can contribute to progressing. That's very hopeful."</p>
<p>[Heidi Schlumpf is NCR national correspondent. Her email address is <a href="mailto:hschlumpf@ncronline.org">hschlumpf@ncronline.org</a>.]</p>
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Sat, 27 Jan 2018 09:00:00 +0000Stephanie Yeagle160546 at https://www.ncronline.orgOpioid addiction, overdoses an epidemic, say public health officialshttps://www.ncronline.org/news/people/opioid-addiction-overdoses-epidemic-say-public-health-officials
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Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:00:00 +0000Stephanie Yeagle150521 at https://www.ncronline.orgPhiladelphia priest overseeing retirement home faces embezzlement chargeshttps://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/philadelphia-priest-overseeing-retirement-home-faces-embezzlement-charges
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<p>A priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia responsible for a retirement home for priests faces federal charges of embezzling more than $535,000 from that same home.</p>
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Thu, 06 Apr 2017 20:43:41 +0000Shireen Korkzan144091 at https://www.ncronline.orgVandalism at Jewish cemeteries decried, called hateful actionshttps://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/vandalism-jewish-cemeteries-decried-called-hateful-actions
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<p>Responding to the destruction of some 100 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, Archbishop Charles Chaput Feb. 27 deplored the "senseless acts of mass vandalism."</p>
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Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:21:29 +0000Shireen Korkzan141671 at https://www.ncronline.orgAt party retreat, GOP still searching for health law consensushttps://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/party-retreat-gop-still-searching-health-law-consensus
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<p>Republicans from the House, Senate and White House gathered in Philadelphia this week searching, among other things, for some agreement on how exactly to “repeal and replace” the federal health law. By the end of the second day of the three-day retreat, however, it was clear they were not yet singing from the same hymnbook.</p>
<p>House and Senate Republican leaders did seem to settle on a timing strategy for overhauling the Democrats’ health care law that could take them through the summer, even if they were light on specifics.</p> </section>
Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:52:26 +0000Dennis Coday139856 at https://www.ncronline.orgNoted biblical scholar Jesuit Father Fitzmyer dies at age 96https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/noted-biblical-scholar-jesuit-father-fitzmyer-dies-age-96
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<p><strong>Jesuit Father Joseph Fitzmyer passed away Dec. 24:</strong> Fitzmyer, who was born in Philadelphia in 1920 and was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1951, is well known for his contributions to the Anchor Bible Series and for co-editing "The Jerome Biblical Commentary."</p>
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Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:43:32 +0000Kristen Daniels138441 at https://www.ncronline.orgPhilly's St. Vincent de Paul embraces its label: 'the social justice parish'https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/phillys-st-vincent-de-paul-embraces-its-label-social-justice-parish
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<p><strong>The Field Hospital:</strong> Archdiocesan consolidation has brought a diverse ethnic mix — and attention to racial reconciliation — into the last parish standing in the Germantown neighborhood.</p>
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